Zandre Roye and Mattea Issa were crowned National Amateur Golf champions on Sunday at the Caymanas Golf Course in St Catherine for the first time in their careers.

Issa won by seven shots while Roye won by four after posting his best score in the final round.

Roye matched his first round four birdies but only had two bogeys to close the round on two under par 70 after scoring one under 35 for the front nine and another one under par 35 for the back nine. His birdies came on holes number two, six, 17 and 18 while the bogeys were on holes four and 16.

His three-round scores were one under par 71, five over par 77 and 70 for a total of three over par 219.

He was pleased with copping his first national championship after getting close on several occasions.

“Coming into this tournament year after year and seeing the trophy and wondering when I am going to get my name on it, it’s just my time now.”

He said that it was challenging because, “the course conditions were a little bit tricky out there with it being so dry but we are used to the conditions. I think I managed the game today out of all three days pretty well. The putting was just not there this weekend but I hit a lot of greens and that helped a lot.”

The 2022 national champion Oshae Haye moved from third place on the first and second day to end the championship in second place by four shots behind Roye. Haye posted scores of three over par on day one and two, respectively, and one over par 73 on the final day for a combined score of seven over par 223.

Junior golfer Trey Williams performed well in the championship after taking over the lead at the end of the second round with a one under par 71 but was pegged back in the final round with four over par 76 in the third round. His total score of eight over par 224 included 77 in the first round, to be one stroke off the runner-up spot.

Issa got the better of many-time national champion Jodi Munn Barrow to win by seven shots. Issa’s final day scorecard showed three birdies, six bogeys and two

double bogeys for seven over par 79. Her first and second round scores were nine over par 81 on each day for a combined score of 25 over par 241. Munn-Barrow’s scores were 84, 81 and 83 for a total of 32 over par 248, for the runner-up spot.

“It feels really good,” she said. “I am really happy. I am very happy for the win but diving deeper into my game, I wish I had played better. I have been playing really well recently and I am not sure if its the combination of the conditions, but its very dry at the moment. The greens are in the best shape so I just have to figure out how I can properly play the course because I know that everybody had a difficult time this weekend. So I just have to analyse that and keep on progressing and keep on getting better.”